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GB's Boulter scrapes into French Open second round
Key takeaways
- Monday's victory was only Katie Boulter's second match win at Roland Garros
- Great Britain's Katie Boulter avoided an early slip-up in the first round of the French Open as she ground out a gruelling win over American wildcard Akasha Urhobo.
- Playing on clay has never come easy for Boulter, who only won her first WTA Tour-level match on the surface last year - at the age of 28.
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Monday's victory was only Katie Boulter's second match win at Roland Garros
Great Britain's Katie Boulter avoided an early slip-up in the first round of the French Open as she ground out a gruelling win over American wildcard Akasha Urhobo.
Playing on clay has never come easy for Boulter, who only won her first WTA Tour-level match on the surface last year - at the age of 28.
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